Karen Browning

Based in England

Browning is a UK glass artist and creates dialogue and altered per- ceptions by playing with the key elements of glass, light and space. Her work is bold, dramatic yet intensely re- searched. She was awarded Best in Show at the 2022 British Glass Biennale and has been selected for the Aesthetica Art Prize. She has exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally, including the British Glass Biennale, Collect, Liuli Museums in Taipei and Shanghai. In 2021 she was awarded Arts Council England DYCP funding to develop her work with neon, which has resulted in her Neon Landscapes body of work. After gaining a degree in Architecture and an M.A in both Glass and Site-Specific Sculpture, she set up her own studio in Dorset.

Katrin Spranger is a visual artist working on the intersection of sculpture, jewellery, and performance. Her work explores dystopian narratives that engage with environmental issues including the depletion of natural resources.

Image credit: Will Cooper

Katrin Spranger

Based in England

The Aquatopia Water

Creating the Aquatopia water foun- tain, my objective was to address concerns about climate change and highlight the fundamental values and access to fresh water resources. Using a found object remin- iscent of an old milking-parlour receiving jar mounted at its centre around a scaffolding structure, organic materials were copper coated and added to the frame, resulting in a Memento Mori styled, futuristic bejewelled water fountain that reminds of an overgrown, secret garden. Many of the objects such as the skulls and bones are used symbolically to remind us of our shared dependency on water. Slowly releasing droplets into the catching bowl below the glass jar, the fountain works on the principle of balancing dripping speed versus water evaporation.

FOUNTAIN Glass, Copper, Steel, organic materials, resin, patina, paint

160 x 55 x 60cm (hwd) £19300